[Elecraft] Fw: K3 & Centurion Amp

[Toby Pennington]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toby Pennington" <w4cakk at centurylink.net>
To: "Ignacy" <no9e at arrl.net>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Centurion Amp


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> This is a problem with the Centurion as it uses mechanincal relays and it 
> will bounce.   If you use an original Orion or the Orion 2 you will hear 
> popping in your receive speaker after going from TX to RX.  If fact,  you 
> will hear a pop pop as the relay bounces. This is especially noticable on 
> 75 meters SSB.
>
> The Orion has a TX to RX hang timeout of 13 to 15ms,  which is just too 
> fast a transit time for the Centurion to fully clear the relays back to 
> receive.
>
> Maybe the K3 transit  time is just too fast for the Expert?  IS there a 
> menu setting which could change the RX hang timeout on the K3?
>
> Toby K4NH
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ignacy" <no9e at arrl.net>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 9:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & Centurion Amp
>
>
>>I used Centurion with K3 for a few years. Connected directly to BK, not 
>>Key
>> in/out. No problem that I could sense.
>>
>> Now I use Expert 2k-fa. Now I have a real problem as the relays are
>> bouncing.
>>
>> Ignacy, NO9E
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